"Not planning to spend money? What does that an?" They all felt there was more to Zhang nglong's words, but none could fathom his true intentions.
The starting bid for every item at this auction was 0 yuan, an anomaly in the auction world! Even the biggest auction houses sotis faced unsold lots. If that were to happen here, it would essentially be getting sothing for nothing, a loss that could be asured in hundreds of millions of euros.
But they were confident enough to make such a rule because they had never had an unsold item to date. The allure of the auction items was nearly fatal for these tycoons; no one would simply watch as these goods sold for base prices.
Another interesting rule was that each bid incrent had to be at least 5 million in the local currency of the auction location, aning that every bid increase at tomorrow's auction would need to be 5 million euros! To anyone, that was not a small figure.
Under such circumstances, for Zhang nglong to think about getting those items for a low price was pure fanciful thinking.
"Hehe, young people, they never play by the rules!" Zhang nglong chuckled slyly, leaving behind an ambiguous statent before departing.
After being teased by Kristen and Emma, a wicked fire was spreading in Zhang nglong. And with the initial taste of sexual pleasure, he couldn't wait to return and "explore" the pinnacle of life with Lu Yiyao.
"Mr. Zhang, wait, let's talk more about business," Ma Yun actually wanted to discuss Zhang nglong's comrcial empire plans the most, but he hadn't had the chance to interject earlier. Now that Zhang nglong was leaving, Ma Yun suddenly grew anxious.
"Don't bother !" Zhang nglong roared back at him, "I'm busy!"
"This…" Ma Yun watched Zhang nglong's retreating figure with a mixture of laughter and tears, "How can he switch faces faster than a monkey?"
Although their earlier conversation wasn't so pleasant, they had enjoyed the latter part of the discussion. So why had Zhang nglong suddenly changed his attitude?
"Perhaps that's just how young people are!" Li Hong said with a bitter smile, "All right, he is a Huaxia man after all, and he's in Jiangnan City; you'll always have the opportunity to et him. Why fuss over a day or two? Let's quickly figure out what to do after Zhang nglong advocated against the 996 work policy!"
"If I had known that talking with him today would cause so much trouble, I wouldn't have sought him out for a chat!" Ma Hua realized that nothing good ever happened whenever he crossed paths with Zhang nglong.
The first ti, he was nearly knocked out by a bid of 500 billion US dollars; the second ti, Tengxun Music, which he had painstakingly managed for over a decade, was directly acquired by Zhang nglong; and this ti was unlikely to end well either. He expected his public image would soon beco that of a heartless capitalist, in stark contrast to Zhang nglong's shining image.
"It's all your fault!" With no one else to bla, Ma Hua glared fiercely at Ma Yun, "We were doing just fine with overti work, without such strong opposition, until you ca up with that 'virtue reward' theory!"
"How… How is this my fault?" Ma Yun could only offer a wry smile, as if their Alibaba Group was the only one enforcing 996. He had just been trying to improve the company's image; who knew it wouldn't work out as planned? He felt helpless too.
...
After a passionate night, Zhang nglong and Lu Yiyao didn't wake up until lunchti the next day. Lu Yiyao's legs were still sore, causing her to glare fiercely at Zhang nglong, "You have no sense of tenderness toward won at all!"
"Hehehe," Zhang nglong shalessly chuckled, "Get ready, we'll eat lunch and then it's the auction at 2 pm. If you fancy anything, just let
know. I'll even get you the stars from the sky if you want!"
"Bah! The mouth of a man deceives the ghost of a woman!" Lu Yiyao retorted, "Don't think I didn't notice. You had the scent of other won on you yesterday, and not just one at that; I haven't even interrogated you properly yet!"
Suddenly, Zhang nglong's face was full of embarrassnt, "I didn't want it, you know. Those won one after another threw themselves at . Luckily, I remained faithful and kept my purity. Is it my fault for being rich and handso?"
"You and your bragging!" Lu Yiyao playfully smacked Zhang nglong with a laugh.
After enjoying a delightful lunch, everyone gradually made their way to the auction venue, a showroom on the first floor of the hotel. Originally used for the hotel's business events, it had been transford by the Rothschild family into an imposing auction hall.
The auction hall was divided into two levels, with a general area below and a VIP area above.
Even though labelled as general, the luxurious seating and state-of-the-art equipnt hardly seed "general." Perhaps in the eyes of the Rothschild family, this level of opulence was their idea of standard.
As for the VIP area on the second floor, it consisted of private rooms. One could see everything outside from within these rooms, yet from the outside, the interior was completely obscured. There were only 15 of these VIP rooms, spread out in a fan shape, each with an optimal view. And without a doubt, Zhang nglong was the master of the central VIP room.
"Holy shit! This ain't a seat at an auction, it's a damn luxury suite!" Wang Ling exclaid, clearly intoxicated by the room, which spanned over 200 square ters. Almost 100 square ters of it was occupied by a suspended viewing room for the auction, and it also included a bedroom for resting, kitchen, bathroom, and was fully serviced by five young and beautiful Eastern European girls.
Through the one-way glass, Zhang nglong spotted Ma Hua and others looking around, probably searching for him. However, they were unable to find Zhang nglong after scouring the whole venue and eventually turned their gaze towards the VIP rooms on the second level.
"Wonder if he's in that VIP Room No. 0..."
...
Soon, as the two o'clock chi rang out, the whole room went quiet. Accompanied by a burst of elegant symphony, a blonde beauty stepped onto the auction stage.
"Holy fuck! Emma Watson! They actually got her to be the auctioneer? That's a bit of a cheat move!" Wang Ling's face was practically pressed against the glass.
Seeing Zhang nglong's indifferent face, Wang Ling asked, "How co you're not surprised at all?"
"Oh, well," Zhang nglong said expressionlessly, "you might not believe it, but last night, she almost pinned
down in bed!"
"You beast!" Seeing Zhang nglong's smug expression, Wang Ling cursed weakly.
Emma, too, was looking around the auction stage for Zhang nglong. Last night was really weird; she hadn't drunk much, so how did she get drunk? And unexpectedly, Zhang nglong didn't seem to have taken advantage of her inebriation to do anything, which made her question her own allure.
"Welco to the decennial World Ultimate Auction Event; I am today's auctioneer, Emma Watson!" Unable to find Zhang nglong after a long search, Emma still comnced her professional duties. This ti her pay reached a whopping ten million Euros—a not so common opportunity.
"Wow!" A thunderous applause ensued, most of which was in admiration of the beautiful woman.
After so formal greetings, the first item of the auction appeared on the giant LCD screen in front of everyone.
"Today, we have a total of 102 exceptionally rare auction items. So, let's unveil the first item of the auction!"
"102 items? Even more than last year, looks like today will be quite the bloody affair!" Wang Ling exclaid with unmatched excitent.
The question marks gradually faded from the screen, revealing a schematic of the first item up for auction.
"What the fuck!" Zhang nglong couldn't help but curse as he saw the first item. He had been hoping to buy an aircraft carrier to use as a yacht, and as if in response to his heartfelt desire, the first auction item was indeed an aircraft carrier!
"Starting off with an aircraft carrier, this motherf..." Zhang nglong clicked his tongue in amazent; this auction was bound to be incredibly interesting!
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